Paper 1 · The Spirit World and Ancestors
Before the host of a shave begins to practise the gift it brings, the usual procedure is that the family...
Aconsults a diviner to name the spirit and then holds a ceremony to accept it
Bwaits a full year and then buries the spirit's regalia at the family grave
Casks another host of the same spirit to take the newcomer on as an apprentice
Dsends the host to the chief's court to have the gift recorded
Explanation: The pattern is diagnosis and then acceptance. A n'anga divines which spirit has come and what it requires, and the family holds a ceremony (kubvumira mashave) at which the spirit is welcomed and given its regalia, songs and taboos, after which the host may practise the gift.
Derived from ZIMSEC Family and Religious Studies Paper 1, November 2020, Q1